I confess that one of my sinful habits is to try to anticipate what the anti-Jewish/anti-Israeli conspiracy theory explanation for American events will be. It’s a twist on the “Is it good for the Jews?” reflex. “How will the whackjobs blame this on the Jews?”

Whenever anything that doesn’t fit their understanding of how government works, Middle Eastern or Russian (have you read Pravda lately?) newspapers spin out some Jew-heavy explanation. My favorite was that Lewinsky was an agent of the Mossad. Anyway, I’m trying to figure out what the Protocols of the Elders of Zion version of a Rove or Libby indictment would be? I suspect Karen Hughes’ visit to the Middle East might be part of it. But the vengeful post-Katrina Hebrews of New Orleans might play a role too. Libby is of course a notorious Zionist among people who see notorious Zionists everywhere. But if he’s so powerful, how could he get caught? Ah, that’s where the clever theorizing will come from.

This all assumes indictments of Libby and/or Rove which is not a sure thing. And if Wilson is indicted, the Zionist stranglehold will be confirmed! Fitzgerald is Jewish, you know?